LAST-MINUTE PREPARATIONS: Students at a pre-university examination centre in Bangalore on Friday. — Photo: K. Gopinathan

Bangalore: As many as 55 cases of malpractice were recorded on the first day of the pre-university examination on Friday, Pre-University Education Director Gonal Bheemappa said.

He said 20 cases were registered in Bijapur district, eight in Gulbarga district, seven in Bidar district, four in Kolar district, three each in Bagalkot, Tumkur and Gadag districts, two each in Koppal and Hassan districts, and one each in Chitradurga and Chikmagalur districts and Bangalore South taluk.

`Stray incidents'

He said a few students of Marimallappa College in Mysore were not allowed to write the examination as they had attendance shortage.

"Except for a few such stray incidents, the examination was conducted smoothly all over the State," he said.

Mr. Bheemappa said all students of Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College, V.V. Puram, who were denied hall tickets by the management of the college because of shortage of attendance, received these on Thursday.

College Principal B.T. Venkatesh said the examination was conducted smoothly at the college. "All students appeared for the examination, except two or three, who were probably not prepared," he added.

Seshadripural College Principal Radhakrishna said the Pre-university (PU) Board has provided two squads for the college. Police personnel have been stationed outside the college as a precautionary measure. "There have been no problems. All students in the science stream appeared for the examination today," he said.

According to information available, over four lakh students registered for the pre-university examination this year. The PU Board has set up 679 centres in the State.

As many as 1,09,434 students have registered their names to appear for the science examination.

Sources said 63 squads inspected centres. Centres classified as "sensitive" had additional squads.

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